NHER 20654 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Cropmark and earthwork of possible undated ditch or medieval enclosure

14 September 1984. Noted from tithe map (S2) and vertical aerial photographs (S6)
Two larger than normal dykes coloured in blue on map (usually adopted for ponds etc) more fragmentary on present Ordnance Survey 6 inch map. Probably part of moat or fishponds. Note that vertical aerial photograph may indicate further traces of regular ditches in pasture west of Priory House.
R. J. Silvester (NAU), 17 September 1984 (site not visited).

1993. Southern part of site visited by E. Rose (NLA).
Bumpy area of pasture; difficult to make out anything on the ground, but 1969 vertical aerial photograph does indeed seem to show a rectangle here, crossed by path from house to church. Northern part, where ponds shown on tithe map, is partly a flat grass lawn crossed by drive and partly arable.
E. Rose (NLA), 27 July 1993.

Extreme west area under trees, remainder cut pasture, surrounded by sheep fencing. Drainage pipes have been inserted at some time in the recent past.
H. Paterson (NLA), 18 November 1996.

July 2026. HER Enhancement: Forestry Commission Project K.
The First Edition 25-inch Ordnance Survey Map (S3) apperas to label this fields as the remains of St. John's Nunnnery. This map depicts a wide north-south dyke along the northwestern edge of the mapped site ccentered TF 59876 11464 and adjoining on its southern end with an extant dyke). A long east-west dyke parallel with the modern path extends from approximately TF 59874 11472 to TF 59967 11489. A pond is depicted at it's eastern end. These form a long rectangular area defined to the north by a dyke which is still extant (centered approximately TF 59906 11497). A pond on the northern side of this dyke is no longer extant.
These features are depicted on the 1950 6-inch Ordnance Survey map (S4) but at greatly reduced on the 1965 1:2500 map (S5), with only the north-south arm and the westernmost part of the southern dyke remaining.
H. Hamilton (HES), 07 July 2026.